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Show GDEN NEWSBOYS TRAP BANDITS ; a I ' Youngsters Shadow Pair From Scene of Crime and Call Cops i J. J. King, 45, and David Kellv, R unaway Boy, 15, Confess to Four Recent Robberies In Ogden and Its Vicinity PRESENCE of mind coupled with rare courage displayed by four Standard-Examiner newsboys led to the capture last night of; J. J King, confessed highwayman, 45 years of age, termed by the : police "a second Fagin," shortly after he had robbed Theodore G. Lienhardt, proprietor of the Tabernacle Pharmacy, 2201 Washington avenue, of $54 25 at the drug store. - - King was holding a. .38 caliber Iver-I Iver-I Johnson revolver on IJenhardt nt the V drug otore last night when the four newsboys. Edwin and Dustln Neely, 1 2223 Washington avenue. Frank Tay-! Tay-! lor, 371 Twenty-second street, and Wesley McBride. 2 2 66 Ogden avenue, stopped to peer into the window The boys seeing what won happening happen-ing darteil across the street and wait-led wait-led for King and his companion. Da-; Da-; vld Kelly. IS years of age, who ran 'away from h..- home at Anaconda. Mont., two weeks ago. to come out. I BOS FOWXW HORBEUs The boys followed th robbers west j on Twenty-second street to Hudson 'avenue, thence outh to Twenty-fourth street. As the boys turned into Hudson av-enue av-enue from Twenty-second street, trailing trail-ing the robbers, they encountered J. W. Stahr. a locomotive engineer, w ho ! was on his way home. The boys told Stahr that the men uhead had just robbed the drug store so Stahr joined In the pursuit. Once when he thought the fellows were going to get away he j fired a shot In the air to attract atten- tlon. This made the robbers speed up. HOTEL st KKol NDI l. The hotel building was Immediate!) , ; surrounded and Patrolman A. J. Gale 'followed by Patrolman H. H. But-' I ler. entered room 26 of the hotel. Pa-, : trolman Unle commanding King andt I the boy to throw up tneir hands ' As Patrolman Gale began searching 'the boy for a weapon Patrolman But-. lor who was advancing on King, saw him reach toward his p.i k' and i grabbing him succeeded In grasping I through tho man's clothing the long barrel of the revolver and disarming I him. Tho remainder of the building was being searched by Detective Edward I Butterfleld and W. A Jones while on i finrH wer.- P.itrulmen .lames llmrn i J. H. Slbbert, Desk Sergeant C. E. Leiser P. J Naylln and George Etnn. It N DIT CONFESSES At police headquarters King was questioned by Chief of Detectives Rqbert Burk and admitted that he hao robbed the pharmacy. Questioned further he admitted that 1 on the morning of December 20, he J had robbed G G. Robertson, employe of th. Hot Sprlntrs .sub-station of the 1'tah-ldaho I'entral railroad. tving Robertson in a chair after gagging him and taking his watch and $10 In cash i He also admitted robbing Reed ! Helm and Athol Tribe, employes of the Independent ill station at Tvventv -eventh and Washington avenue, taking $1.60 from Helm and SO cents 1 from Tribe on Tuesday night Prior to robbing the pharmacy last night he admitted holding up the grocery store of Mrs Lottie Hart, n idow ' of Wllford E5, Mart, nt 1781 Washington avenue, getting 40 cents, from the boy in tho store and a bag of cakes. BOY is RUNAWAY King's finger-prints were taken at police headquarters this morning by Detective u. H Wootton who said he v;is of the opinion that the man was nn nM . . . , . ,-,.!,.. l.'lnn in II to-a r ( I age and gave his occupation as that of a printer and a tailor I The boy. David Kelly, told the po-i po-i lie.- this morning that he had run i away from hl.s home In Anaconda about two weeks ago because he could I do nothing to suit his brother, Pat. j with whom he and his three sisters had been living since the death of I his father two years ago and his : mother last year. J He said that he had decided to get out and find work and that he hid I met King at MoCnmmon I unction wlille on his way to gden King, he I said, had been paying for his meals land room and when he was In debi i to King tho man forced him to accompany ac-company him In ills robbery sdven- turea Asked why he did not report King I he said that he was afraid to. I He gave his age as 15. told a Straightforward story to the police. I making no attempt, they P -i , J . to con-1 con-1 ces I nn I hlng Theodore Lienhardt, proprietor of 1 the drug store, today described the robb. r STORY OF ROBBERY "When the two entered the store i stepped up to meet them foi i thought they were customers, Just as I reach - d the older fellow he pointed a gun at I my waist and demanded:' Where's your money " 'Here's one cash register regis-ter and there's the other." I told him and the young fellow with him opened! (Continued on Puge Two) c newsboys trap 'pair of bandits (Continued from Pago One ) j both registers while the older fellow held the gun. 1 "Tho gun spomed to tremhle in his hand and I was afraid all the time that he would get just a llttlo too nervous and pull the trigger. "While this was going on. the four newsboys were looking In the window When the robbers left I shouted to them to follow the two while I called tho police "Tho9e hoys deserve a lot of credit and the pollco do also. The police were right on the job. As soon as I called them and told them about the robbery, there was action." KAJ7T LA K MILS HKKE. J. C. Dunnlgan, of the v drug store In Salt Lake where Rulon James, high school student, was muc h red when the place wua held up recently, accompanied by Detective Sergeant Roy Larsen and Detective Loster Wire, JacK t'gbert and Detective Cha'uffeui Frank Chase, arrived in Ogden this afternoon to scrutinise Kmc to determine de-termine If he is the man that murdered mur-dered young James. no |